What are your favourite shows that for whatever reason only ran for one season?
I’d say Firefly, which is an obvious answer, as well as
Clone High.
Hunted (2012)
share Well it was technically on for two season, 'The Job'. But it started as a late midseason show and in total only ran for about twenty episodes. Years ago TV shows produced more than thirty episodes per season. So, I'd say 'The Job' was one season's worth of episodes.
A funny, great show! Denis Leary wrote and starred in it. It's a forgotten gem. So hilarious, dark comedy and totally politically incorrect!
Firefly was such good fun
Great characters, good story...i have yet to watch the Serenity movie and i own it
Soon...
Serenity does as much as possible to tie things up and give the story a satisfying conclusion.
There’s only so much you can do in the length of one film though.
A few plots are dropped all together, and others are given hasty conclusions.
Good movie overall though, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is a fantastic villain.
I really need to watch it
Thx
Very fun thread btw!
Hi Redyetti,
I remember all the kerfuffle about Firefly,lots of people loved it and from the pressure from fans Serenity was made,but I can't remember why it ended.
According to Fox, it was ostensibly just a matter of underperforming ratings for an expensive, high profile show.
However, that doesn’t explain why they in fact, didn’t even air the whole season despite having already been shot. The rest went unseen till the DVD release.
In general, the show was mishandled by the network from day one. From debuting a new show in the infamous Friday nite time slot of doom, to the inexplicable decision to air the episodes out of order, it was never given much of a chance.
I have never seen Firefly - it is rated 9.1/10
shareDeservedly. It’s one of the best sci-fi series in tv history.
sharesounds very much like Star Trek
shareNot really. I mean, any show about space travel has influences from Trek, But Firefly has more of a space-western vibe.
It’s not so much about space exploration.
It’s really just about a group of wayward misfits survival on the frontier after fighting a losing war.
The equivalent of Star Fleet are an oppressive evil empire, and there’s no aliens.
Although it’s setting is decidedly si-fi, thematicly it’s far more akin to a western with some conspiracy and intrigue thrown in.
An excellent description